One or Two Words
Language and Politics in the Toraja Highlands of Indonesia
$133.65
- Hardcover
328 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2020
Summary
The expression “one or two words” is used by the Toraja highlanders of Indonesia to refer euphemistically to their highly elaborate form of political speechmaking. Moving from this understatement, which denotes the meaningfulness of transient acts of speech, One or Two Words offers an analysis of the shifting power relations between centers and peripheries in one of the world’s most linguistically diverse countries.
Drawing on long-term fieldwork, this book explores how peopl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789813251144 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 981325114X |
| Author: | Aurora Donzelli |
| Publisher: | NUS Press |
| Imprint: | NUS Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 157mm x 22mm |
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“Alongside its rich historical and ethnographic accounts of relevance to Indonesianists–for example, of Toraja landholding disputes and post-Suharto regional autonomy reforms–One or Two Words is a valuable contribution to the linguistic anthropological study of sociality constituted through a politics of representation.” * Discourse and Society *
About The Author
Aurora Donzelli
Aurora Donzelli is a linguistic and sociocultural anthropologist with an expertise in Southeast Asia. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.
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